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Lady Cards to face Christian Fellowship in Sweet 16 The Wayne County Lady Cardinals, 33-8 on the season and champions of the 12th Region, open play in the Sweet 16 this Friday afternoon against Christian Fellowship. The tournament, hosted at the Frankfort Convention Complex, marks Wayne County's first ever Sweet 16 appearance. "We're very excited to win the region and earn the right to play in the Sweet 16. Give all the credit to our girls for their hard work and dedication. We're going there with the goal of winning some games and putting our best foot forward, but make no mistake whatever happens we're not going to hang our heads," said Lady Cards head coach Steve Thompson. Wayne County faces Christian Fellowship, the champs of Region One, in the first game of the tournament in the opening round. Fellowship enters as one of the hottest teams in the state with a 26-6 overall record, which includes wins in 17 of their last 18 games. "At this point we don't know a whole lot about Christian Fellowship. They play over in the far western part of the state and we haven't played in any of the same tournaments. I do know they have an excellent record and rolled through their regional tournament," said Thompson. Christian Fellowship opened region play with a 25-8, 25-13 victory over 10-11 Fulton City. The squad followed that up with an impressive 25-14, 25-6 pounding of 23-4 Paducah Community Christian in the semifinals. Fellowship claimed the 1st Region title with a 25-11, 25-17 win over 24-13 Lone Oak. The teams do share some common opponents with very similar results. Both teams own wins over Henderson County and each squad lost to Greenwood, in tournament play. "We beat Henderson County 2-0 and 2-1 and they beat Henderson County 3-1 and 3-0, so I guess if you go on scores we're pretty similar. We also both lost to Greenwood in three set matches, so even though you can't really compare scores if you do it's a toss-up," said Thompson. Wayne County has played Corbin, Greenwood and Lafayette that are all in the Sweet 16 and owns a 1-2 record against those schools. "We've tried to play a very good schedule with some of the best teams around the state. I do think playing in the Pulaski Invitational, Greenwood Invitational and the big tournament in Tennessee really helped us in the regional tournament. Hopefully we'll rely on those experiences and go out and play the same focused, aggressive volleyball that helped us win the region," said Thompson. Christian Fellowship has also played Greenwood and Apollo that are in the Sweet 16 and owns a 0-3 record. "They played some good teams as well, so I guess the team that comes out with an aggressive style and limits their errors will win. We can't afford to be timid, we have to come out and play our style of volleyball," said Thompson. Game time is set for 1 p.m. Friday at Frankfort's Convention Complex. "Hopefully everyone that can will make the trip to Frankfort. I know it means so much to the girls and I really think this team isn't done with just making the Sweet 16. We wanted to win the district and region and accomplished that, now we have to go back to survival mode and find a way to make it to Saturday. I really feel this group wants to do well and make their mark," said Thompson. Details on all the Sweet 16 action in next week's edition of The Outlook. For state tournament brackets see page 10-A. Add a comment |
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